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Lighting Sun Tulips

A beautiful soft orange with many uses in the landscape. Excellent with yellow, nice with red, good with purple, and somehow outstanding with magenta. There are people who say that they cannot abide orange in their gardens. So describe Lighting Sun as light pumpkin and see if that will get it in the door. When it blooms in spring, all you’ll hear is thanks. Available in bags of 100 only.

Item # 1308
Height 20—22 inches
Sunlight Full (6+ hours sun per day)
Soil Well drained
Flower Color Orange
Bulb Size 12cm+
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Bulb size is determined by the circumference around the largest part of the bulb. Colorblends only delivers top size bulbs. Large bulbs produce more or larger flowers than small bulbs.
USDA Zones 3a—8b
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Hardy in USDA zones 3a to 8b in the South or 10b on the West Coast. Prechill in zones 7b and warmer in the South, Southwest, and California.
Bloom Time Mid-Late
Bloom times are relative within the spring bulb season, which varies from place to place and year to year. They are intended to help you plan a sequence of bloom from Very Early season to Very Late season. About two weeks separate Early from Mid and Mid from Late. The start and duration of bloom is heavily dependent on the weather. Warm temperatures speed up growth and flowering; cold temperatures slow them down.
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Planting Instructions

Tulips perform best in full sun but will tolerate a bit of shade (some afternoon shade will prolong flower life, especially in the South). They require well-drained soil. Treat tulips as annuals if you want a perfect display: After they flower, lift and discard the bulbs and replant fresh ones in the fall. In a less formal situation, you can leave the bulbs in place. The flowers will be uneven in size and height and generally much fewer in number, but that can have its own charm.

To encourage tulips to bloom again in future years we recommend that you:

  1. Remove the spent flowers as soon as the bulbs finish blooming. Snapping off the top 3 inches of the flower stem prevents seed formation and focuses energy instead on bulb growth.
  2. Allow the foliage to wither completely before you remove it.
  3. Avoid summer irrigation. Tulips prefer to be dry during their dormancy.
Depth of Planting Hole 5 inches
Spacing 4 inches apart

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